In watching this beautiful video, one fundamental idea came to me: Christ wants my heart. All that He did and continues to do is in hopes that I will allow him to truly enter into the core of my being, to allow his life to enter into mine and to make it full, to...
The fundamental question of our lives is: Who is Jesus Christ for me? Am I one who praises him merely with psalms and shouts of joy? Or is my relationship deeper and more authentic? Is it real? Christ is without a doubt a "sign of contradiction." To follow Him means...
Today's video speaks to us, above all, through its simplicity. The Passion of Christ, an event celebrated and remembered in so many forms, enriched with symbols, meditations, and music, was in itself very simple. The symbols were all too real: a hammer and a few...
Pope Francis has reminded us of a fundamental truth: there is no Christianity without the Cross. Daily, we are presented with the temptation of St. Peter: Lord, “I will follow you, but let us not speak of the Cross; I will follow you on other terms, but without the...
Today's video offers a brief and condensed explanation of Holy Week, a time in the liturgical calendar very rich in meaning and symbols. It is important that we continue to deepen the meaning and the reality behind these symbols. This Holy Week, we are invited to...
To go to Mass, to enter into a moment of prayer, to say the name of “Jesus,” to meditate upon his death and resurrection, what does it all really mean? Is it just a routine, a family tradition, a myth, a joke? Is there anything real behind it? Nominated "Best...
The desert experience is one in which Christ lives out to the extreme the question: what is truly important in life? We too must ask ourselves this question. How many times do we invest our time, our efforts, our worries in things that really don’t matter? What is...
On Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, at the imposition of ashes, we hear the first words of Jesus in the gospel of Mark (1:15), “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” His powerful and simple words provide us direction and guidance as we journey through the sacred...
The message that we find in today's video is clear enough: Christmas is about Jesus. Amongst all the gifts, the wrappings, the fruitcakes, the visits to Santa Claus, and everything else, don't forget this essential point. A good way to tell if you have or have not, is...
This video captures the melancholic colors of an unfulfilled life, which is all too familiar for most of us. Images of a broken world and a myriad of human chaos is juxtaposed by a quiet and vulnerable baby boy, the Messiah in the manger. The producers express...
or our 10th Advent Avalanche we bring you an excellent production by “Soul Pancake”. From the first time we saw this video, we decided to use it on Catholic-link as preparation material for Christmas. We really liked it! Whilst it isn't...
The next video in the Advent Avalanche is Igniter Media’s Social Network Christmas, which uses a facebook-style format to tell the Christmas story through the news feeds of Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth and Zechariah, with cameo appearances from the Emperor Augustus and...
At this time of year we are bombarded with so many commercials by those who want to sell us all the ingredients for a perfect Christmas – lots of food and a multitude of gifts. How many of these commercials have Christmas carols in the background? When we stop and...
As we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, it is a great day to ask some important questions about Mary, like: “What’s the deal with Catholics and Mary? Why do Catholics worship her? (We don't.) How could a virgin give birth? What is the Immaculate...
Here at CL, we strive to do our job, and to do it well. We search for videos, categorize them, then, with comments and links, we offer some helpful resources. It’s important work, but insufficient. There are certain times in the year where we need a push, a greater...
A fun and animated video that presents two very different views of what the Advent season is all about. It was released by Xt3.com. As always, I encourage that when we see these videos, we watch them not just for ourselves, rather that we understand them as an...
et us go to the house of the Lord!". These words … clearly express the feelings that fill our hearts during Advent. The reason why we can go ahead joyfully, as the Apostle Paul has exhorted us, lies in the fact that our salvation is now at hand....
Today we share a very simple video, no less meaningful in its contents for all its simplicity (appearances can be deceiving). A video like this, with its sweet melody, hides a rousing rallying call for those who persist in thinking that faith is already...
Ignitermedia.com released another cool video that offers a glimpse at the life and passion of Christ seen through the dynamic lens of a 21st-century social network. I think the video's idea is very original and is worth sharing. Sometimes the 2000 year gap between the...
This is a video released by St. Paul's Arts & Media (New Zealand). The video in itself is strikingly clever and the kid's acting couldn't be better. It's a run down of the history of our salvation that begins at the Garden of Eden and ends with the announcement of...
Prayer of St. Faustina “O Lord, I want to be completely transformed into Your mercy and to be Your living reflection. May the greatest of all divine attributes, that of Your unfathomable mercy, pass through my heart and soul to my neighbor.Help me, O Lord, that my...
Do you know about St. Maximilian Kolbe? You will be captivated by his heroic story and inspired by the life of faith he lived. Lifeteen has produced this Saintly Minute video to help you get to know and understand the life of this great Saint. "No one in the world can...